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12:40 PM.'Ladies, We Need To Talk' is a podcast from the ABC in Australia that tackles potentially delicate topics head on. Recent episodes have covered mean girls, menopause, cosmetic surgery, and anxiety… Read more Audio

12:25 PM.Every community's got its colourful characters and memorable stories to tell. But how do you take a great local story and get it in front of the widest possible audience? That's the challenge that… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.I've always been a bit of a sucker for the duty free shop at the airport. And I'm not alone...the global duty free market is worth an estimated US$70 billion a year and that's predicted to rise to… Read more Audio

12:01 PM.'Planet Money' explores the origins of duty free shopping, 'Multi Story' takes English local radio stories global, 'Ladies, We Need To Talk' considers if it's ever OK to settle for average in… Read more Audio

12:50 PM.The author and journalist Jon Ronson made the podcast "The Butterfly Effect" about the many and sometimes surprising consequences of the rise in free online pornography. He's also written a book about… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.Every week, the latest medical treatments, clinical trials, food, drug and supplement recommendations fill the media... and it seems we have a boundless appetite for advice on how to live a longer… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.He's 11 years old but Tai Poole's searching for answers to some of life's big questions. Like...what happens after we die?....and how can we fix climate change?! From the Canadian Broadcasting… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.The legend of Sasquatch, of a hairy hominid living out in the wild, is widespread and enduring. Laura Krantz found out that she'd got a distant relative who'd devoted his academic career, and risked… Read more Audio

12:01 PM.Hunting for Bigfoot: Wild Thing. Tai Asks Why: an 11-year old ponders life's big questions. Updating medical advice: Inside Health. The Last Days of August: what caused a porn star's death? Audio

12:50 PM.Space isn't just some vast arena for people to explore using the latest, shiniest technology. It's also a place that can hold important stories about us humans too...and that's what the emerging… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.'Sound Opinions' is a long-running music show that's been on air for around 25 years. In it hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot share their encyclopedic and evolving knowledge of music ranging from the… Read more Audio

12:25 PM.In July 1965 Canadian Pacific Air Lines flight 21 crashed in British Columbia when a bomb went off. Everybody on board died, but more than 50 years later still nobody knows who planted it. The… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Christmas is almost here...that special, festive time for family, friends, food and fun. Over in Australia, Mike Williams' extended family can only all get together every couple of years to celebrate… Read more Audio

12:01 PM.The Nightmare Before Christmas! Bomb On Board: who bombed a Canadian airliner in 1965? Sound Opinions shares its favourite diss tracks, and the SAPIENS podcast looks into the emerging discipline of… Read more Audio

12:50 PM.In 'No Feeling is Final ' from the ABC the writer and podcaster Honor Eastly presents a highly personal account of her experiences of living with anxiety and suicidal thoughts. The show weaves… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.Journalist Stephen J Dubner explores the "hidden side of everything" with "Nobel laureates, provocateurs, intellectuals, entrepreneurs, and various other underachievers" in the super-popular podcast… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.A recently released BBC series called' The Ratline' tries to uncover the truth about a senior Nazi, Baron Otto Gustav von Wächter, who disappeared after the Second World War, then died in mysterious… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.In each episode of 'Unspooled' the film critic Amy Nicholson and the actor, comedian, and all-round movie buff Paul Scheer take a film from the American Film Institute's Top 100 list, and pull it… Read more Audio

12:01 PM.'Unspooled' dissects the top 100 films ever made. The mysterious death of a high-ranking Nazi is investigated in 'The Ratline'. 'Freakonomics Radio' asks the question; do open plan offices (help us)… Read more Audio

12:55 PM.In 'Eating Fried Chicken in the Shower' the comedian James Nokise gets 8 well-known New Zealanders to open up about their mental health. They are in his shower. They stay fully clothed. There's no… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.We play an extract from a Canadian contribution to the burgeoning daily news podcast scene. CBC's 'Front Burner' looks at Google's plans to turn an area of Toronto into a hi tech testing lab for our… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.The ABC series 'Fierce Girls' tells inspiring stories about Australian women, targeted at younger listeners. After previous episodes involving athletes, aviators, scientists, tennis players and spies… Read more Audio

12:25 PM.In 'Simple Pleasures', the popular chef Yotam Ottolenghi gets some interesting guests round to his place and makes them a meal from his new cookbook. The focus isn't just on food either, but also on… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.In Heavyweight, Canadian writer Jonathan Goldstein is a kind of "therapist with a time machine” leading people back into their own pasts to face the truth about a crucial life event, Read more Video, Audio

12:01 PM.Domestic detective stories in 'Heavyweight', Yotam Ottolenghi interviews famous foodies in 'Simple Pleasures', 'Fierce Girls' tells stories of Aussie girl power, 'Front Burner''s a Canadian offering… Read more Audio